Former radio show partners Willie Jackson and John Tamihere were knocked back in a bid to handle distribution of $14 million of taxpayer funding for health and social services because they wanted too much money in overheads.

The pair put the total cost of distributing the Whanau Ora funding in the North Island at $21 million.

They wanted $21 million to hand out money? I’ll do it for half of that!

The document said the proposal was based on getting $21 million.

Of this, $1.7 million was to be spent on staff, $3.3 million on operating costs and more on governance.

Not quite it seems. They said it would cost $5 million to distribute the remaining $15 million or so. That sounds grossly inefficient.

TPK said the contract bid should be reduced from the $5 million in costs sought to $2.3 million at most.

It asked the authority to reduce its estimated $2 million cost to set up the distribution scheme.

I’d say the cost of distribution should be around 5% of the amount being distributed – at most!

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Trough, Snout, engage…. and anyone who criticises them will be called Red Necks…. I could see an admin team of 5 including one manager plus a computer system to work flow manage applications and distributions [an off the shelf CRM should do though maybe Te Puni Korir have a system in place already], office and cash for transport, disbursements, desks etc. Wouldn’t think a start up budget of around 850-900K wouldn’t cover it then 450k p.a. after that…

Well what needs to be taken into consideration is loans to management staff, koha for outstanding work, wedding and tangi expenses, still I think me and my mate Tuku and our rellies could put in a competitive bid.

Well there are some people in Auckland who get free tickets to the orchestra and opera for dishing out ratepayers’ money to them. Rates strike anyone (if the Local Government (Rating) Act was not so draconian).

A nothing story from Fisher. They missed out but no they didn’t. He has a real hard on for Tamihere. Not getting the fatty German sausage anymore and fancies some pork bone and puha.
A career in tatters

“Who made the rules??
Well the current Government and its bent partners in the crime of socialism, the Maori Party and United Future.”
This is an unfortunate consequence of MMP.

If the other crowd gets in …. ! There is this left wing economist who said that if NZ’s wealth is re-distributed there would be enough for all. So presumably there will be lots of money to give away – so much so that those who give it away can really clip the ticket on it – hence the new inequality!

Clearly Whanau Ora funding should be increased in order to met the distribution costs. This in turn means the total funds being managed will have increased which means additional funding will be needed to met further distribution costs which means the total funds being managed will have increased which means… oh forget it- just give Willie and John a million dollars each and a million for their various hangers on and relatives and cancel the rest of the scheme. Its cheaper and you know it will produce the same results anyway.

Colville noted: “But this is not about ecconomy or sensible spending, this is about brown snouts in a gold plated trough. Beemers , silk undies and world “education” trips and conferences.
A fucking sick joke on us taxpayers paying the bills.”

Machiavelli would approve of the neutralization of Maori leaders by giving them money. Not only does it keep them in line; it also encourages them to suppress any emerging leaders lest it disrupt their inflow of cash.

Typical greedy racist IWI. No doubt most of it was to be a “koha” to themselves for doing such a good job giving money to their mates. This crap has got to stop. Won’t someone campaign on reducing the legalised apartheid that is taking over NZ society, education and economy. Put an end to separatism on the sports field, in the classroom (appreciate ALL cultures that make up our country – not just Maori), and in the economy – no more tax breaks for IWI his and that. This course of action is ruining our country. No-one is brave enough to make a stand?

You single out these two racist troughers for gauging the taxpayer but overlook that your own National party man Chris Finlayson is doing a handsome job on behalf of them and other separatists in New Zealand doling out taxpayers funds by the hundreds of millions for template creation treaty claims.